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- Researcher (Dianne Stocks)
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Biographies
John and James Kenny were teachers in Ireland. They were convicted of theft in 1791 in Carlow and transported to NSW in 1793.
They were granted land at Field of Mars in 1795.
They set up a school in the Rocks (Harrington Street) in 1805 - advertisement in the Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser Sunday 6th October, 1805).
They later established a school in Wilberforce in the Hawkesbury. This school was later rebuilt and enlarged by Governor Macquarie and still stands today.
There is a report of John Kenny dying of a snake bite in 1814 at Wilberforce - again the Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser (Saturday 12th February, 1814).
The list of early burials in the Wilberforce Cemetery records James Kenny as the 12 burial - this, I believe should be John Kenny.
James died in 1843 at Glen Kenny, near Lake George and is buried in Appin.
Submitted by Researcher (Dianne Stocks) on 12 February 2016
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